I have the strangest feeling this isn't a joke...
They both pulled from the same sources, but Clapton just did it better. SRV (though amazingly talented) reallly wanted to be Jimi Hendrix. And even though he did an exellent job, nobody can be Jimi Hendrix. I don't even think Jimi could keep up with himself. There was nothing new about SRV's stuff, he just hit it off so big because there was finally music by talented people to be played on the radio. Had Stevie and Clapton came to the scene at the same time, I'm pretty sure Stevie would win, chops-wise... but because Clapton was one of the guys who started this blues-rock thing, he gets more points from me. Also, most of SRV's stuff is sonically similar... loud blues rock, Texas style... Clapton has made much more DIFFERENT music. You always know when you're listening to Stevie, and with Clapton it's a little more difficult.
Better guitar player? SRV
Better music? Clapton
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